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All images are available as original paintings, oil on canvas, or as signed, limited-edition giclees, hand-enhanced by Mark.

Love Is "Love Is", 23 x 32", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced, limited edition of 100 $1200.00 USD (0.00) shipping

The Kiss "The Kiss", 36 x 24", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced, limited edition of 100 $1200.00 USD (0.00) shipping

The Kiss "The Kiss", 48 x 36", original oil on canvas by Mark Venaglia, signed $9500.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Luxurious Light "Luxurious Light", 23 x 23" artist enhanced giclee, signed by Mark Venaglia, limited edition of 100, ready for framing $900.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Luxurious Light "Luxurious Light", 16 x 17", signed by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced giclee, limited edition of 100 $750.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Luxurious Light "Luxurious Light", 33 x 34", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, limited edition of 100 $900.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Contender "Contender", 24 x 36", signed and numbered by Mark Venaglia, giclee on canvas, limited edition of 100 $1000.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Contender "Contender", 24 x 36", original oil on canvas, signed by Mark Venaglia $9500.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Evolution "Evolution", 46 x 30", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced, limited edition of 100 $1800.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Evolution "Evolution", 46 x 30", original oil on canvas by Mark Venaglia, signed $18000.00 USD (0.00) shipping

No One Can Hold Back the Dawn "No One Can Hold Back the Dawn", 36 x 24", signed and numbered giclee on canvas by Mark Venaglia, artist enhanced, limited edition of 100 $1200.00 USD (0.00) shipping

No One Can Hold Back the Dawn "No One Can Hold Back the Dawn", 36 x 24", signed and numbered giclee on canvas by Mark Venaglia, limited edition of 100 $800.00 USD (0.00) shipping

For Revelation "For Revelation", 19 x 13", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced, limited edition of 100 $500.00 USD (0.00) shipping

The Boy King "The Boy King", 60 x 42", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced, limited edition of 100 $2500.00 USD (0.00) shipping

The Boy King "The Boy King", 108 x 66", original oil on canvas by Mark Venaglia, signed $18000.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Hollywood Bowl "Hollywood Bowl", 20 x 16", original oil on canvas by Mark Venaglia, signed $4200.00 USD (0.00) shipping

Angel Sentinel "Angel Sentinel", 45 x 21", signed and numbered giclee by Mark Venaglia, artist-enhanced, limited edition of 100 $1500.00 USD (0.00) shipping

MARK VENAGLIA - ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Mark has a degree in fine art and a master's degree in art history from Carnegie-Mellon University. Originally from New York, he has exhibited widely throughout the country and for over a decade has called Los Angeles home. His mural installations can be seen at The New York Public Library, the City of Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles, as well as many private venues. He is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Community Foundation, and the California Arts Council.

Mark Venaglia began mastering, then furthering, the meticulous art of Trompe L'oeil for Manhattan in 1985. Called "one of the most exciting artists in America today," by The New York Times and LA Times, the artist continues his aesthetic exploration of the abstract elements within Contemporary Realism in Los Angeles with "Earth, Sea & Sky" at BGH Gallery at Bergamot Station. He divides his time between Los Angeles, Manhattan and Hawaii.

You may see his recent Public Art Project with the City of Pasadena at Euclid and Cordova. Expanding upon the Plein Air movement of a previous century, "The Arpeggio" is the city's first exterior mural diptych showing the full cycle of daylight upon the San Gabriel Mountains. "Huntington Fantasia" is the largest interior mural installation anywhere in the city. Paying tribute to a few of Mr. Venaglia's inspirations such as Jessie Botke, Charles Burchfield and Klimt, the nine panels are portraits of vegetation -specific to the landmark Gardens. Northern California art critic, Emily Goodrich Southern California Art Digest, discovered this mural suite during her stay and wrote: "A whirlwind pastiche of Art Nouveau and mid Sixties hallucinations- one would not anticipate their adornment in so corporate an environment, which further enhances their status as one of Pasadena's greatest aesthetic surprises. Venaglia controls technique, composition, texture and a deep sense of color with the assured skill and confidence of any late Nineteenth century master...murals' whimsical charm camouflage an unrelenting eroticism that one finds simultaneously unsettling and captivating throughout."

SELECTED COLLECTORS LIST

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Celine Dion, Eddie Murphy, Gloria Swanson, Sherry Cohen, Christopher Radko, David Zucker, Terry Gallowhur, Blake Clarke, The New York City Public Library, Bank of Visalia, Stewart Orchids, Hilton Hospitality Corporation, Earth Communications Organization, Trojan Professional Services, Kohgei Design, Estee Lauder, First Jersey Security, Sony Pictures

REVIEWS

"Mark's uncommon breadth of theme and skill of expression and sensitivity will truly astonish...each composition attests to a rich flow of his keen sense of aesthetics, steady talent, ardor and distinctive poetry."

-Marija Pavlovich- McCarthy, Connecticut Art Review November 2002

"Mr. Venaglia places his soul in every brushstroke...one of the genuine talents alive in the United States...influence of Eastern philosophy is most apparent."

Hitashi Osada, Tokyo Ministry of Art & Culture, September 1990

"Mark Venaglia's incandescent utilization of paint will absorb you. Employing finely realized, Golden Age of Animation-based techniques in erotic, whimsical depictions the artist comments on diversity and economic distinctions... With crisp, articulate draftsmanship and a penchant for saturated colors, Venaglia's imagery is complete... Not content with Representation for representation' s sake, this artist seduces with his current solo-show in as many facets as one might encounter during an entire evening of performance art. His painterly techniques do not obscure the narrative, upon closer examination I found them to be amplified.

Marin Independent Journal Michael James Ryman, April 1998

ARTIST STATEMENT

"I paint to further my respect and admiration for the magnificent artists who came before me. To revel in the sensual, meticulous work of Ernest Hackle and see it come to life more than half a century later in Disney's 'Fantasia' is the creative lineage I am a part of. Georgia O'Keeffe and Vincent VanGogh are the obvious inspirations. I am just as profoundly influenced by Agnes Pelton and Charles Burchfield. Janet Fish is an absolute revelation for me and, to this day, find her use of oil paint still has much in common with Sargent's sparkling watercolors, created more than a century ago. With all due respect to his mother, Whistler's 'Nocturnes' propelled me into a visual synthesis of scientific exploration and representational painting. Attempting to define God, a multitude of explanations currently exist. I rely upon the act of painting as a means to further my own understanding. Wayne Thiebaud writes: 'We've only begun to scratch the surface of what painting can do.' If I had another one hundred years in which to continually create, I feel I would never get to explore all the new directions that Realism is calling to take it in. I feel very fortunate that, within my own lifetime, my work is acknowledged and comprehended by a wide variety of critics and collectors. This recognition provides me with the freedom to continue growing as an artist."